[RELEASED] Test Drive Unlimited Platinum - v1.21

[Milli]

1 hour ago, DJayAftermath said:

Might be a little off topic here but is Project Paradise server still up? I'm stucked at the "Connecting to TestDrive server". I dont think I have a Gamespy account but I filled the form anyway and it stuck there.

Did you installed TDU before trying to run TDU Platinum? 

[DJayAftermath]

34 minutes ago, Milli said:

Did you installed TDU before trying to run TDU Platinum? 

I did. I can play offline though.

[Milli]

42 minutes ago, DJayAftermath said:

I did. I can play offline though.

Try to create, just create the profile, before you add Platinum files and see if it works.

Edit: Also, remember to start the game from the Project Paradise launcher, and not from the regular TestDriveUnlimited.exe

[fatal]

OMG, it's not even my birthday.   Thank you Milli.

[fatal]

One question though, do I need to install any unofficial patches (1.67, 168) or the MOD contains that?

[Milli]

3 minutes ago, fatal said:

One question though, do I need to install any unofficial patches (1.67, 168) or the MOD contains that?

It contains. All you need is a TDU install. 

[Guest tommy]

I do not like new physics. How bring back the old one

[JPTH]

10 minutes ago, Guest tommy said:

I do not like new physics. How bring back the old one

Did you bachup the game? If not, you have to reinstall the game....

[Rigel]

Hell, I can't believe this is finally complete. Thanks Milli once again! See ya online in Oahu I guess

[ABC83]

Thank you Milli, great work 

[fatal]

1 hour ago, Milli said:

It contains. All you need is a TDU install. 

Thanks

[Milli]

57 minutes ago, Guest tommy said:

I do not like new physics. How bring back the old one

Do you realize that "new physics" is basically each individual car, right? So, no way to "bring back the old one", only by uninstalling it. Lol

[kristiannn]

I haven't tried it with a wheel yet, but the new physics are pretty great with a keyboard. Definitely better than UCP. I'll see if I get a chance to plug in the wheel one of these days to see how that plays. 

Also, what you've done with the domes is something I've been thinking about for a very long time, but never got around to trying out. If I get some time, I may capitalise and do something similar, would prevent a lot of the issues I'm currently dealing with in terms of the sky at least.

[Milli]

3 minutes ago, kristiannn said:

I haven't tried it with a wheel yet, but the new physics are pretty great with a keyboard. Definitely better than UCP. I'll see if I get a chance to plug in the wheel one of these days to see how that plays. 

Also, what you've done with the domes is something I've been thinking about for a very long time, but never got around to trying out. If I get some time, I may capitalise and do something similar, would prevent a lot of the issues I'm currently dealing with in terms of the sky at least.

That's great to hear, as i did 0 testing on a keyboard, all the physics have been developed using my DS3 controller, so, i'd say it is much more complete if you can modulate your throttle and steering input. 

And the domes are not much of a big deal, photoshop, and .dds files, in the ARGB8888 format, if i am not wrong. With no mipmaps. By the way, the issues with the sky is in Platinum, or your own personal project? 

[Tadpole]

So, looking at the files, I have to replace more than just stuff in the /Euro/Bnk folder. Why is that? Did you have to modify the game executable?

[Milli]

1 minute ago, Tadpole said:

So, looking at the files, I have to replace more than just stuff in the /Euro/Bnk folder. Why is that? Did you have to modify the game executable?

Yes and no. The game executable is a no-cd launcher that i have. I decided to send together, because it seemed to fix some issues that people had in UCP. 

And the folder Euro/Radio has the new songs for the radio stations.

[Tadpole]

2 minutes ago, Milli said:

Yes and no. The game executable is a no-cd launcher that i have. I decided to send together, because it seemed to fix some issues that people had in UCP. 

And the folder Euro/Radio has the new songs for the radio stations.

Ahhh, I see. What about the other files in the main directory, though? Like the d3d9.dll and such?

[Milli]

1 minute ago, Tadpole said:

Ahhh, I see. What about the other files in the main directory, though? Like the d3d9.dll and such?

That's necessary for Project Paradise. If you already have it all working, it's not necessary. 

Remember, i tried to make it as easy as possible for people to install, without require the install of patch 1.68b, install of Project Paradise, install of this, of that. It has all included, so, might there be redundant files for those who were running UCP and Project Paradise already. Lol 

[Tadpole]

2 minutes ago, Milli said:

That's necessary for Project Paradise. If you already have it all working, it's not necessary. 

Remember, i tried to make it as easy as possible for people to install, without require the install of patch 1.68b, install of Project Paradise, install of this, of that. It has all included, so, might there be redundant files for those who were running UCP and Project Paradise already. Lol 

Ooooh, that makes sense. I already have all that installed, so I was afraid I'd have to modify all that again, haha

[Milli]

Just now, Tadpole said:

Ooooh, that makes sense. I already have all that installed, so I was afraid I'd have to modify all that again, haha

Nah, if you replace it all, it should run it all already, that was my goal, the only step necessary before the install of Platinum, is the install of TDU.  Because with UCP, i noticed that a lot of people had a real hard time with the steps it required. So i tried to simplify. I almost uploaded the whole game, but Diablo told me that could generate a legal problem, so, i uploaded almost all of it, in order to still require a TDU install. 

[kristiannn]

50 minutes ago, Milli said:

That's great to hear, as i did 0 testing on a keyboard, all the physics have been developed using my DS3 controller, so, i'd say it is much more complete if you can modulate your throttle and steering input. 

And the domes are not much of a big deal, photoshop, and .dds files, in the ARGB8888 format, if i am not wrong. With no mipmaps. By the way, the issues with the sky is in Platinum, or your own personal project? 

 

Nah, not your project. I just have issues because the domes are usually specific colors which are very hard to manipulate. For instance, if you want a purple sky with some orange at the bottom, you can't do that. That's because to make a purple sky, you remove a lot of green and red. And when you remove the red color, the orange part disappears. I thought of doing it like you did, but never got around to it. I'll try to see if I can make some better looking combinations this way, tbh it should open up a lot of opportunities.  

And yeah, so far I love how the cars handle. Great job! 

[Milli]

4 minutes ago, kristiannn said:

 

Nah, not your project. I just have issues because the domes are usually specific colors which are very hard to manipulate. For instance, if you want a purple sky with some orange at the bottom, you can't do that. That's because to make a purple sky, you remove a lot of green and red. And when you remove the red color, the orange part disappears. I thought of doing it like you did, but never got around to it. I'll try to see if I can make some better looking combinations this way, tbh it should open up a lot of opportunities.  

And yeah, so far I love how the cars handle. Great job! 

Ah i see what you mean. Well, i actually used the brush tool in photoshop, so, i painted it from 0, basically, instead of change the color channels. Gives you a lot more freedom for transitions and color possibilities. 

And thanks! I am really glad that you guys are enjoying it so far. 

[Guest zealot]

Great work, thank you. There's a file called enbseries.ini in the main folder that i don't recall seeing before. Is this meant to allow fine tuning the visual aspects of the game?

[Milli]

1 minute ago, Guest zealot said:

Great work, thank you. There's a file called enbseries.ini in the main folder that i don't recall seeing before. Is this meant to allow fine tuning the visual aspects of the game?

That actually doesn't work. To make it work you must sacrifice the online feature, as both of them use the d3d9.dll.  I did a testing and forgot to remove it. Sorry. Lol

[africolombiano]

11 hours ago, Milli said:

BOOM!

 

Check OP for download links.
 

 

Hey Milli, finished downloading and have been playing for about an hour now... You have breathed new life into the game. It is Awsome...Thank you soooooooo much...